Christmas Nuts
In a famous survey, patients on a psychiatric emergency ward were quizzed about their feelings towards Christmas. Matt Gibson isn't convinced that people with psychological complaints make the best group to interview. He feels his friends give a much more insightful view of the onset of festive joy.
“Oh my God. I think I’m going to slash my wrists. I can’t cope with Christmas.”
Now, you might think that was a quote from one of the patients in Dr. Varadaraj Velamoor’s paper “Feelings about Christmas, as reported by psychiatric emergency patients.”